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Transpennine Route Upgrade spreads Christmas cheer by gifting £175,000 of funding to local communities: Group photo 1

Transpennine Route Upgrade spreads Christmas cheer by gifting £175,000 of funding to local communities

Friday 27 Dec 2024

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is rounding off 2024 by offering £175,000 of funding to the recipients of its community fund.

Network Rail’s Christmas hidden heroes: working to ensure the safety and reliability of the railway over the festive season: Part of the London Euston station team working over Christmas-2

Network Rail’s Christmas hidden heroes: working to ensure the safety and reliability of the railway over the festive season

Tuesday 24 Dec 2024
Final reminder for Midlands passengers to check before you travel this Christmas: Engineers working on Garrison Street track renewal

Final reminder for Midlands passengers to check before you travel this Christmas

Monday 23 Dec 2024

Passengers travelling over the festive period are strongly urged to plan and check their journeys in advance as rail upgrades across the network means busier trains and changes to some services.

Pre-Christmas works completed on c2c network with 50-year-old rail replaced: Rails being replaced as part of the project

Pre-Christmas works completed on c2c network with 50-year-old rail replaced

Monday 23 Dec 2024

Engineers have completed track and station improvement works on the c2c route to help boost reliability and the passenger experience.

Festive fundraiser: Network Rail’s Bletchley depot team supports local hospice: Network Rail staff in Bletchley fundraise to support local Willen Hospice

Festive fundraiser: Network Rail’s Bletchley depot team supports local hospice

Monday 23 Dec 2024

Staff at Network Rail’s Bletchley depot have embraced the festive spirit to raise vital funds for a local hospice this Christmas.

Christmas cheers! Boys send Christmas present to railway maintenance train driver: Edward and Barney-2

Christmas cheers! Boys send Christmas present to railway maintenance train driver

Monday 23 Dec 2024

Two brothers from Marple, Stockport, have each sent a Christmas card to a maintenance train driver who they have been waving to every day this autumn.

Passengers warned to check before they travel over the Christmas period: Workers carrying out track upgrades in Crewe

Passengers warned to check before they travel over the Christmas period

Friday 20 Dec 2024

Railway engineering work means changes to train travel between Christmas and New Year.

New station manager welcomes record breaking Christmas at Liverpool Lime Street station: Liverpool Lime Street train shed from end of platforms-2

New station manager welcomes record breaking Christmas at Liverpool Lime Street station

Friday 20 Dec 2024

Almost 10,000 more passengers chose to travel by rail through Liverpool Lime Street station for Black Friday shopping and leisure than the same period last year.